We investigate the valuation effects of debt issues on the issuing firms’ common stock using a sample of Turkish issuers. For the sample of non-financial firms, we find no significant wealth effects for debt issues around the announcement dates. However, market reactions are more positive when...

We examine the effect of first official SEC announcement regarding Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), which is an alternative mechanism of taking firms public and suggested to enjoy a regulation gap compared to its counterparts. If so, a big adverse effect may be expected at the time...

We investigate whether distinctive features of the blockchain/cryptocurrency industry led to different completion rates of the announced mergers and acquisitions (M&As), relative to other industries, during the years 2013–2022. Despite having a significantly lower deal closure rate on average,...

We investigate whether distinctive features of the blockchain/cryptocurrency industry led to different completion rates of the announced mergers and acquisitions (M&As), relative to other industries, during the years 2013-2022. Despite having a significantly lower deal closure rate on average,...

We examine the effect of first official SEC announcement on April 12, 2021, regarding Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), which is an alternative mechanism of taking firms public. A prevailing opinion of academics, practitioners, and regulators alike, is that the primary appeal of the...

Some acquisitions can be viewed as the quickest means to obtain a scarce resource required for restructuring in response to an economic shock. Such acquisitions can give the acquirer a competitive edge and hurt its competitors. In this paper, I first show that if a firm will be adversely...

Investment patterns often associated with agency and information problems can emerge as rational responses to product–market rivalry. We illustrate this result when industry players make simultaneous or sequential investment decisions in the face of two negative externalities. One externality...